The Brooklyn Planning & Zoning Commission has so many issues it wants to tackle that putting them order has become a significant task.

The commission has discussed its priorities for 2014 several times but also has postponed and canceled meetings because of winter weather. Land Use Administrator Jana Butts Roberson attempted to prioritize a long list of items the commission has brought to her since she began her job in May, giving the most urgent issues a No. 1 rank.

“We have too many Nos. 1 and 2,” commission member Deane Rettig said. “There are things on here we will never even get to this year.”

Roberson said she attempted to put the commission’s priorities in the context of the town’s Plan of Conservation and Development. She said the effort ended up creating a document that may be too confusing.

Commission Chairman Carlene Kelleher said for her, the biggest priority is completing reviews of four items already being considered by the commission: the town’s sign regulations; planned commercial and village center districts; and Route 169 regulations.

“These are things we’ve already started on,” Kelleher said. “To me they are what we need to finish up first.”

Those reviews all may involve significant regulatory adjustments to reflect changes in the town’s needs and economy since the rules were last updated. All changes to zoning regulations must go to public hearing.

The commission is also planning to hire a consultant in the next fiscal year to review all the regulations for consistency and spot loopholes.

Roberson said solidifying the commission’s priorities dovetails with creating a work order for a consultant.

Commission member Don Francis said he wonders if Roberson’s workload is so significant that her time is spread too thin. Roberson is the town planner, zoning enforcement officer, inland wetlands officer and blight officer.

Francis said he thinks there might be enough funds in the commission’s current budget to hire a temporary person to help take care of some enforcement issues. Having an additional person for just a short time may give Roberson the time to focus on the larger planning and zoning needs, he said.

“It’s clear to me putting all these requirements on one person is just not going to work,” Francis said. “Not at the level we want. There’s a full schedule just to keep us happy, and there are other responsibilities that need to be taken care of.”